CVE-2026-94505 Missing authorization in Nelio Content – Editorial Calendar & Social Media Auto-Posting
Authenticated contributors can delete arbitrary reusable social messages due to missing authorization checks in the Nelio Content plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-94505?
CVE-2026-94505 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Nelio Content – Editorial Calendar & Social Media Auto-Posting, published on 3 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Nelio Content – Editorial Calendar & Social Media Auto-Posting plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.0 This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to permanently delete any reusable social message (nc_reusable_social post), including those authored by administrators or other privileged users.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-94505?
How do I fix CVE-2026-94505?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-94505 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-94505 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-94505 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j2j8-hvh9-q6jf.